Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HOPKINS, SAMANTHA LAKE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1641

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.8%
Allow Rate
+1.8% vs TC avg
64
Total Applications
+56.5%
Interview Lift
1463
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 34 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
24.9%
§103 Obviousness
36.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17996338 IMMUNOCONJUGATES Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18257793 NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING ANCHOR MODIFIED ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18260125 ANTI-N3pGlu AMYLOID BETA ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
17436939 T CELL RECEPTORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection University Health Network
17604559 MRNA FORMULATION Non-Final OA Vrije Universiteit Brussel
18000312 Dual EGFR-MUC1 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Non-Final OA H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
18276916 ANTI-LAIR1 ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
17783345 ANTIBODIES TARGETING CELL SURFACE DEPOSITED COMPLEMENT PROTEIN C3d AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
17631588 MULTI-VALENT AND MULTI-SPECIFIC NANOPARTICLE PLATFORMS AND METHODS Final Rejection The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
17746112 VACCINE AND METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER Final Rejection China Medical University
18021323 LFA-1 SIGNALLING MEDIATOR FOR USE IN CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA Universität Basel
17996802 SINGLE VARIABLE DOMAIN ANTIBODY TARGETING HUMAN PROGRAMMED DEATH LIGAND 1 (PD-L1) AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF Non-Final OA MABWELL (SHANGHAI) BIOSCIENCE CO., LTD.
17634631 4-1BB AND OX40 BINDING PROTEINS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS, ANTIBODIES AGAINST 4-1BB, ANTIBODIES AGAINST OX40 Non-Final OA Aptevo Research and Development LLC
18089493 DOUBLE PAYLOAD CANCER THERAPEUTICS Non-Final OA Aarvik Therapeutics, Inc.
17606454 PRECURSOR TRI-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Immunorizon Ltd.
17779425 ANTI-PD-1-ANTI-VEGFA BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA AKESO BIOPHARMA, INC.
17811455 ANTI-TIGIT ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA SHANGHAI HENLIUS BIOTECH, INC.
17763344 PD-L1 TARGETED CHIMERIC PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Orionis Biosciences, Inc.
17636699 ANTI-CD19 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Elpis Biopharmaceuticals
17629295 CD63 AGONIST-RELATED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA AgonOx, Inc.

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